The new edition of this award-winning volume reflects the latest events in the in global environmental politics and sustainable development while providing balanced coverage of the key institutions, environmental issues, treaties, and policies. The volume has been reorganized to better highlight global environmental institutions, major state and non-state actors, and includes an expanded set of cases such as climate change, biodiversity, hazardous chemicals, ozone layer depletion, nuclear energy and resource consumption. Based on reviewer feedback from faculty and students, the new edition broadens coverage of the growing global environmental agenda and explores the relationships between states, NGOs, and international organizations. INDICE: 1. Introduction: Governing the Global Environment - Regina S. Axelrod and Stacy D. VanDeveerPart I. International Environmental Actors and Institutions2. Architects, Agitators, and Entrepreneurs: International and Non-Governmental Actors in Global Environmental Politics - Kate O'Neill3. International Law and the Protection of the Global Environment - Jacqueline Peel4. International Environmental Regimes and the Success of Global Ozone Policy - David Downie5. Compliance with Global Environmental Policy: Climate Change and Ozone Layer Cases - Michael G. Faure and Jurgen LefeverePart II. Big Players and Global Environmental Policymaking6. Domestic Sources of U.S. Unilateralism - Elizabeth R. DeSombre7. Environmental Protection and Global Leadership in the European Union - Miranda A. Schreurs8. Energy and Environment in China: Domestic and Global Challenges - Joanna L. Lewis and Kelly Sims Gallagher9. The View from the South: Developing Countries in Global Environmental Politics - Adil NajamPart III. Cases, Controversies, and Challenges10. International Climate Change Policy: Complex Multilevel Governance - Michele M. Betsill11. Global Politics and Policy of Hazardous Chemicals - Henrik Selin12. Global Biodiversity Governance: Genetic Resources, Species, and Ecosystems - G. Kristin Rosendal13. Democracy and the Global Nuclear Renaissance: From the Czech Republic to Fukushima - Regina S. Axelrod14. Free Trade and Environmental Protection - Daniel C. Esty15. Consumption, Commodity Chains, and Global and Local Environments - Stacy D. VanDeveer
- ISBN: 978-1-4522-4145-6
- Editorial: CQ Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 408
- Fecha Publicación: 31/05/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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